What Kind of Flour for Gluten-Free Diet?

What Kind of Flour for Gluten-Free Diet

Best Gluten-Free Flour

The Gluten-Free diet strives to eliminate all gluten from daily consumption. While most practitioners of this diet do it out of medical necessity due to celiac disease or wheat allergies, people without these conditions have been known to follow the diet as well to live a healthier lifestyle. Gluten can be found in wheat, barley, rye, and many other types of flour.

Because gluten is in many flours, it is important to pick the right flours when using a Lee Household Flour Mill to prepare food. Participants in the diet can grind these flours using an electric mill:

Amaranth flour
Brown rice flour
Buckwheat flour
Chickpea flour
Corn flour
Millet flour
Oat flour
Quinoa flour
Rice flour
Sorghum flour
White rice flour

What Can You Eat on a Gluten-Free Diet?

It may seem as though a lot of foods are taken off the menu when on this diet, but many foods are readily available in gluten-free forms. Always be sure to check labels for gluten ingredients, as well as malt syrups and malt extracts.

Gluten-Free Foods:

Beans, seeds and nuts
Fresh eggs
Fresh meats, fish and poultry
Fruits and vegetables
Most dairy products

Foods with Gluten

Although many types of bread, breakfast cereal, and packaged foods contain gluten, most grocery stores carry a selection of gluten-free options. When milling gluten-free flour, be sure to avoid:

Barley
Rye
Triticale
Wheat
Durum flour
Farina
Graham flour
Kamut
Semolina
Spelt

While this is not a complete list of flours containing gluten, it is a good starting point when choosing which flours for use in your own cooking and baking.

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